La-Di-Da Love: Diane Keaton's First Boyfriend Remembers Their New York Romance
Actor Robert Lesser recounts meeting Diane Keaton at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City when she was 19.
While driving to Los Angeles, Lesser's wife, Annie, called with the sad news of Diane Keaton's passing at 79.
She was 79, I’m older, so how ever could that be?
Lesser and Keaton met in 1965 as first-year acting students at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where Keaton, then known as Diane Hall, was new to New York City.
- They met in 1965 at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
- Diane Keaton was 19 and from Orange County, Calif.
- She stayed at The Rehearsal Club on West 53rd Street.
Author's summary: Robert Lesser recalls his youthful romance with Diane Keaton.